E41 - The Shredded Championship Flag Case

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    As times change,
    difficult cases increase in number!
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    Today's stage is high school baseball!
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    A thin line separates outs and safes!
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    He sees the single truth for what it is,
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    and looks like a kid
    but has the mind of an adult!
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    His name? Detective Conan!
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    The Shredded Championship Flag Case.
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    Beika High
    Shuko Academy
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    Come on, you can do it!
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    Hey, I can't hear you!
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    They won't win unless you cheer louder!
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    Dad! This isn't like pro baseball!
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    Send that ball flying!
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    Why did he come to cheer
    for his bartender's son?
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    Besides, there's no point
    with such a one-sided game...
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    Shuko's pitcher sure is good, though.
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    Strike two!
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    Strike three! You're out!
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    Strike!
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    Strike two!
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    Strike three! You're out!
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    You're so cute, Kaji-kun!
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    Whose side are you on?!
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    But he's just so cute!
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    Really? Let me see!
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    This could be a good game!
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    Hey, now...
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    Plus his dad's a doctor and
    he's the school's best student!
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    Too good to pass up!
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    Say, didn't Shuko win the
    district championship last year?
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    Yep! They're looking to
    win it this year too!
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    They've got such a great pitcher!
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    But when did Shuko get so good?
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    It all thanks to Kaji-kun!
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    The current headmaster
    founded it way back when
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    as a prestigious prep school.
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    But its image suddenly changed
    when Kaji-kun showed up!
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    You sure know a lot!
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    I know everything about Kaji-kun!
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    What are those people doing?
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    Thanks, Principal!
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    Even the principal?
    Shuko sure has lots of school spirit!
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    Safe!
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    Huh? They're gone.
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    Balk! Ball one!
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    It's okay, Kaji!
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    You can do it!
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    Good hit!
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    Kaji-kun...
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    What happened?
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    It started after he got that balk call...
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    It looked like he saw something.
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    But what?
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    What do you think's wrong?
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    Maybe he has a stomachache?
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    Who was that?
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    Eto-kun, Shuko's former southpaw ace.
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    But he got suspended for causing trouble
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    after Kaji-kun stole the spotlight!
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    He must've asked to pitch.
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    I guess he wasn't allowed...
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    Of course he wasn't!
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    Nobody can take Kaji-kun's place!
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    Nurse's Office
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    That's it!
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    This stuff's great!
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    Kaji-kun is being mocked...
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    Oh, come on now...
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    Are you serious?!
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    I wonder what happened.
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    That's horrible!
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    Authorized personnel only!
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    The championship flag
    was shredded up?!
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    Totally thrashed!
    Everyone was in a panic!
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    But who would do that?!
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    That's just it...
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    Ever since last year's victory,
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    we've had all sorts
    of jealousy-related trouble.
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    If this was similarly
    done by an outsider,
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    then we're victims, and we
    can save our school's reputation.
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    But we were still responsible
    for the flag's safe-keeping.
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    We have no choice but
    to drop out of the tournament.
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    That's terrible...
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    Why don't they call the police?
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    To save face.
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    They want to figure out if this was
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    an inside or an outside job first.
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    I see.
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    Dad, get up! We need you!
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    Huh? I can't drink any more...
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    You can't be serious, Ran...
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    Two windows...
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    One faces the field...
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    Wow! It's like the
    best seat in the house!
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    Hey, you! This is
    authorized personnel only!
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    Dad! No violence!
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    Yeah, yeah...
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    And one other window-- What the?!
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    The window's broken!
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    What's this?
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    There's a ladder leading up to it!
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    The culprit snuck in from outside.
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    Well done, Mori Kogoro-san!
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    I'm glad I asked you for help!
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    But they still have to
    drop out of the tournament.
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    Everyone's sad but the principal...
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    Wait a minute! What's this?!
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    He's so useless!
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    Hey, Mister. Where
    is that ladder usually at?
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    The storeroom. I have
    no idea when it was taken.
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    Was the storeroom locked?
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    Actually, the key has
    been missing all morning.
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    What?!
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    The keys to that office too?!
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    Yes, they disappeared
    this morning.
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    I figured as such.
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    This was an inside job.
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    Come again?!
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    The culprit used the
    key to enter this office.
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    What about the ladder?!
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    A ruse to make it look
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    like someone
    snuck in from outside.
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    Do you have any proof of that?
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    Ahh! The floor's covered in glass!
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    The floor? That's it!
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    Yes. There's broken
    glass near the window.
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    Had the culprit stepped in it,
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    glass shards would
    have lodged in the shoes.
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    But the floor is scratch-free.
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    The culprit set the ladder up
    but didn't enter through the window.
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    There was no reason to--
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    they had the key to the office.
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    Yeah, now you got it!
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    Did you want this to be
    an outside job that badly?
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    I guess it might be natural
    for any good principal, but...
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    It would seem this
    happened during the game.
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    So the culprit wasn't at the game?
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    That's right.
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    I saw Eto-*kun
    *enter the school building...
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    So did I!
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    Stop kidding around!
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    I did come inside,
    but I went to the bathroom!
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    Can you prove that?
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    No, but I wasn't the only one inside!
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    Kaji-kun was holding his stomach--
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    That's right!
    He went to the nurse's office!
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    It was me! I did it!
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    You did?!
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    You can't be serious!
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    I haven't been pitching well lately...
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    You saw me out there.
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    I was scared to
    be in the tournament.
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    His pitching was bad.
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    But he lost his cool
    only after the 7th-inning balk.
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    And if he didn't wanna play,
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    he could've faked an illness.
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    Would he really shred up
    the flag and create a ruse?
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    Kenya!
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    Mom!
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    I saw her earlier...
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    Something's fishy here!
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    Why won't they look at each other?!
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    It was me! I did it!
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    No, I did it! I have proof!
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    Here! I did it with this!
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    It's the same fabric as the flag.
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    Kenya!
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    How could you?!
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    What were you thinking?!
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    Well?
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    They're deciding whether
    to call the police or not.
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    Apparently, they need to
    consult the ailing headmaster.
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    I still can't believe it.
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    Did he really do it?
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    I'm almost certain--
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    Yes, Kaji definitely saw
    someone in the office then.
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    That's why he pitched
    poorly and was relieved.
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    Then he went to the nurse's
    office and the headmaster's office.
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    Hey, Conan-kun!
    What're you looking at?
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    I don't think we
    should be doing this...
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    What the?!
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    Aha! So that person did it!
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    But I don't understand why...
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    What was there to gain from this?
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    It's definitely strange, alright.
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    A friend that goes here
    told me that even though
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    Kaji-kun was likely to
    help them win again this year,
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    some people were complaining.
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    What?!
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    This used to be a top prep school.
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    They said that if the team got too good,
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    people wouldn't study as much.
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    That was the headmaster's policy.
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    He really hates sports.
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    He insists that
    they're unnecessary;
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    all he wants is to create
    notable people like himself.
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    He was actually
    supposed to come today.
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    Why didn't he?
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    He was going to announce
    the team's withdrawal
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    from the tournament,
    but with his health failing...
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    That's it! That's the motive!
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    Now I just need the old man's help!
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    An autograph session for my fans?
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    Yeah! Sit over there!
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    All those girls are waiting!
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    Is it really okay
    to do this at a school?
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    Here we go again...
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    Ahem! This is Mori Kogoro!
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    Can you hear me?
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    Dad?
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    Would everyone please
    come to the headmaster's office?
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    I'm about to reveal
    the truth behind this incident.
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    Mori-san! Your work here is over!
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    If this is about your payment--
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    No, I'm not done here;
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    the real culprit
    hasn't been caught yet.
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    The real culprit? Don't be silly.
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    He's right here!
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    No, Kaji-kun isn't
    the one responsible.
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    Then--
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    Nor is it his mother.
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    Then who?
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    If you purposely cut a flag up,
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    you'd probably cut the front.
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    Ran. Hold the flag up.
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    Okay.
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    As you can see,
    the cuts on the front
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    go from the top
    left to the bottom right.
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    The flagpole is on
    the left, which means...
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    Ran. Pretend to cut
    it as if you were the culprit.
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    It's hard to cut!
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    Yes. It's hard because
    you're right-handed.
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    Ran. Do it as if
    you were left-handed.
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    Like this?
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    Yes.
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    Cut downward with your left hand,
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    as you hold the flag with your right.
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    It's easy! And the cuts are the same!
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    You pitch with your right hand, correct?
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    Yes.
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    How about you, Eto-kun?
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    Eto?!
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    Was it you?!
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    Don't be stupid!
    Yes, I am a southpaw, but!
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    I'm told you're a former ace pitcher.
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    Perhaps you felt there was no point
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    for the team to play
    if you couldn't pitch for it.
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    No! It wasn't me!
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    How could you?!
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    He's right.
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    It wasn't Eto-kun?
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    Have another look at the flag,
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    where the cuts begin.
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    Where the cuts begin?
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    Don't they seem a little low?
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    Had the 180 cm
    Kaji-kun or Eto-kun cut it,
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    they would've cut from higher up.
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    But the real culprit
    couldn't reach the top.
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    In other words, the culprit is
    under 160 cm in height.
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    How tall is Kaji-kun's mother?
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    157 cm.
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    But I hear you're right-handed?
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    Yes.
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    Which counts you out.
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    So why did you come to this office?
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    I--
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    Mom...
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    You wanted to talk
    to the headmaster today.
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    Am I right?
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    You are.
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    I wanted Kenya to be a
    doctor like my late husband.
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    I wanted him to quit baseball.
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    I was going to ask the
    headmaster to take the team
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    out of the tournament.
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    Unaware that he
    was going to do so anyway...
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    Ironic, isn't it?
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    But he wasn't there, so you left.
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    That's when Eto-kun saw you.
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    The hidden culprit then cut the flag.
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    But then Kaji-*kun
    *came in after he saw
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    you in the window.
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    The culprit accidentally
    dropped the cutter,
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    which Kaji-kun picked up.
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    Certain that his
    mother had cut the flag,
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    you two wound up
    covering for each other.
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    So who is the real culprit?
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    One other person disappeared
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    when his mother headed for the school.
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    A left-handed person
    less than 160 cm tall!
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    I'm referring to you...
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    No way!
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    You don't mean--
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    Yes. The championship flag was cut
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    by you, Principal!
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    You waited for your
    chance to sneak in here
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    before the headmaster
    was supposed to come.
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    You snuck off after
    giving the impression
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    you were on the field,
    then cut the flag,
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    made it look like someone
    broke in from outside,
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    and returned to the field.
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    That was your plan.
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    Pure conjecture! You have no proof!
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    The key to this office
    should be in your pocket.
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    You intended to lock
    the door and return the key
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    to create your ruse,
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    but you couldn't with
    everyone coming and going.
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    The key hasn't been returned yet,
[20:41] ---
    which means it's only
    natural to think the culprit
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    still has it!
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    Bad news!
[20:49] ---
    We just got a call--
    the headmaster is dead!
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    No... What have I done?!
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    The headmaster told me
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    to keep the team from
    entering the tournament.
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    But it wasn't so easy
    with the media watching!
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    People would condemn
    us for dropping out
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    and ruining a great pitcher's career!
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    "What kind of school
    would crush kids' dreams?!"
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    So to drop out and
    protect the school's name, I--
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    I loved this school!
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    Much more than the headmaster!
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    You're both the same in the end--
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    you crushed kids' dreams
    with your own two hands!
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    You're right. I was a fool!
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    Forgive me!
[23:35] ---
    The tournament began
    half a month later,
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    and Shuko Academy was in it too.
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    The tournament directors
    saw their passion for baseball.
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    Strike!
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    Kaji's pitching brings
    them closer and closer
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    to the new championship flag.
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    He's dead!
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    Who's behind this?!
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    I was watching the whole time!
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    Shinichi! Are you there?
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    Shinichi?
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    Are you back, Shinichi?
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    On the next Conan--
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    "The Karaoke Box Murder Case."
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    Next Conan's Hint:
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    Reindeer.
[24:51] ---
    Next episode's case takes
    place at a karaoke box.
[24:53] ---
    Hey, let someone else
    have a turn with the mic.
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